16 JANUARY 1953, Page 13

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 153

Set by Richard Usborne It is 1955, and no play can pay its way in London if it is not on ice. Macbeth on Ice is at the Old Vic, starring the Oliviers. Give the first or last 200 words of a notice by either Harold Hobson in the Sunday Times or Ivor Brown in the Observer.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street London, W.C.1 in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than January 28th. Results will be published in the Spectator of February 6th.